Definition of Shop

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Definition of Shop

Shop

A person's occupation, business, profession, or the like, as a subject of attention, interest, conversation, etc.; -- generally in deprecation.

A place where any industry is carried on; as, a chemist's shop;

any of the various places of business which are commonly called offices, as of a lawyer, doctor, broker, etc.

Any place of resort, as one's house, a restaurant, etc.

imp. of Shape. Shaped.

A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail.

A building in which mechanics or artisans work; as, a shoe shop; a car shop.

To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

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Shop Quotations

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
Abraham Lincoln

Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Bill Gates

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'
Steven Wright

People shop for a bathing suit with more care than they do a husband or wife. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.
Erma Bombeck

I love to shop after a bad relationship. I don't know. I buy a new outfit and it makes me feel better. It just does. Sometimes I see a really great outfit, I'll break up with someone on purpose.
Rita Rudner

Thank God we're living in a country where the sky's the limit, the stores are open late and you can shop in bed thanks to television.
Joan Rivers

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
Paul McCartney

In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.
Robert Benchley

The only change I can really see is that I don't have to shop for pants in stores anymore.
Larry David

When someone follows you all the way to the shop and watches you buy toilet roll, you know your life has changed.
Jennifer Aniston

Shop Translations

shop in Afrikaans is winkel
shop in Danish is butik
shop in Dutch is zaak, winkel
shop in French is magasin, boutique
shop in Italian is impresa
shop in Norwegian is forretning, butikk
shop in Portuguese is loja
shop in Spanish is tienda, quehacer, ir de compras

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